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WITNESSEI A TTORNE YJ IINITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

TEMPORARY HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed April 17, 1906.

Application filed February 29, 1904. Serial No. 195,785.

To all whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY H. GREENE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Temporary Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in temporary hinges.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby a window having a removable stop may be swung inwardly and washed or repaired while supported from the casing by a hinge connection which is made removable, so that when the window is returned to normal position it may be raised or lowered in the same manner as any ordinary window.

In the following description -referenceis had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a window-frame, showing the lower sash and with parts broken away to show application of my invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the left-hand portion of the casing and showing the lower window-sash as it appears when swung inwardly. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the upper hinge. Fig. 4 isa plan view of the stationary member of the ower hinge, with dotted lines indicating the position of the windows when swung inwardly. Fig. 5 is a detail edge view of the lower portion of both window-sashes, showing the retainer connecting the upper to the lower sash.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

The upper hinge connection for the lower sash comprises three members-to wit, a member 1 cylindrical in form and screwed into the window-casing, vas shown in Fig. 1. This member is provided with apertures at 2, in which hooks 3 of a member 4 are adapted to be engaged. This member 4 is in the form of a flat plate, slotted at 5 and forked at 6, each member of the fork being provided with a hook 3. The third member of the hinge comprises a plate 7, provided with an upwardly-projecting pin S, engaged in the slot 5 when the hinge is in position of use. The member 7 is also provided with a downwardly-projecting pin 9, which engages in a suitable socket in the window-casing. The inner edge of the member is provided with a downwardly-projecting ear 10, which fits the side of the upper-sash rail.

When the window is in normal position, the pin 8 occupies the position in the slot 5 in which it is shown in Figs. 1 and 3 but when the window is swung upon the hinge it is necessarily withdrawn from the channel formed by the window-stops, and this movement causes the pin 8 to move in the slot 5 to the position in which it is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The lower hinge comprises a stationary member 15, which consists of a plate of metal having a flat upper surface and provided with a pin 16 at one end, adapted to enter a suitable socket in the window-casing, provided for that purpose. This member also has a downwardly-projecting arm 17, adapted to rest upon the window-sill at the corner below the pin 16.

The outer end of the member 15 is provided with a supporting-post 19, adapted to enter a suitable socket in the window-sill, provided for that purpose.

A movable hinge member comprising a plate 20, having an upwardly-projecting ear 'flange 21, adapted to fit the side of the bottom rail of the window-sash, is mounted on the member 15 and provided with a downwardly-projecting pin 22, which passes through a slot 23 in the member 15, whereby the members 20 and 15 are connected. The slot 23 permits the pin 22 to travel downwardly when the window-sash is Withdrawn from the channel formed by the stop 25. When so moved downwardly, a hook 26, carried by the pin 22, passes through the aperture 27 in the post 19 and drops by gravity to engage the bottom wall of said aperture and prevent the lower corner of the windowsash from moving backwardly into the channel after it has been withdrawn therefrom.

Referring now to Fig. 5, it will be observed that the inner edge of the lower sash is provided with a retainer 30, which comprises a hook-shaped member having a pin 31, fitting a socket in the edge ofsaid sash and arranged to form a rest for the upper sash 32, one lower corner of which is entered in the hooked portion 33 of the member 30. The other lower corner of the sash 32 rests upon the member 15, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

In use, assuming that the hinges are to be applied to the left-hand side of the windowcasing, the right-hand stop is removed, the window is raised slightly, and the hinges adjusted as shown in Fig. 1. The right-hand edge of the lower window-sash is then swung IIO inwardly until it clears the window-casing, when the weight cord on that side is detach ed. Then by pulling upon the sash it may be withdrawn from between the stops at the left-hand side, the pins '8 and 22 moving into the slots 5 and 23 and the hook 26 passing through the aperture 27 and engaging the post 19 to prevent retraction. The window may then be swung inwardly at right angles to the casing.

When it is desired to restore the window to its normal position, it is swung until its righthand-side rail abuts the casing. The hook 26 is then manually released from the post 19, permitting the leit-hand-side rail of the sash to enter between the left-hand stops, whereupon the right-hand weight-cord will be reconnected, the window adjusted to normal position, the hinges removed, and the righthand stop replaced. This stop is indicated. by dotted lines in Fig. l.. Vhen the upper sash is to be swung inwardly, the lower sash is'first swung, as before explained, the member 30 adjusted thereto and supported from the lower sash by the pin 31, and the upper sash then lowered, swung, and engaged by the hook 33, which supports it in that position without hinges.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a window-casing and vertically-movable sash, of a set of removable hinges, each comprising a stationary and movable member; one member of each set being slotted, and the other member provided with a pivot-pin entered in the slot, whereby said members are m ovably connected. together; one member oi' each set being adapted to be detachably connected with the window-casing, and the other with the sash.

2. The combination with a window-casing and vertically-movable sash, of a set of removable hinges, each comprising a stationary and a movable member; one member of each set being slotted, and the other member having a pivot-pin entered in the slot; the lower hinge having its stationary member supported 'from the side and sill of the window-casing and extended to form a rest vl'or both sash; together with a hook member adapted to be removably connected with one of the sash at the side opposed to that engaged by the hinge members, and in a position to provide a rest lor the other sash, cooperating with the extended portion of the lower stationary member.

3. The combination with a window-casing and vertically-movable sash, of a set of removable hinges, each comprising a stationary and movable member; one member of each set being slotted, and the other member provided with a pivot-pin entered in said slot; the upper stationarymember being forked and provided with a plurality of hooks adapted to interlock in suitable recesses in the casing and the members of both sets being connected with the casing and sash in the plane of the latter.

4. The combination with a window-casing and vertically-movable sash, of a set of removable hinges, each comprising a stationary and a movable member; one member of each set being slotted and the other member provided with a pivot-pin entered in said slot; one of said members being provided with a latch adapted to lock the connected member in one position of adjustment in said slot.

5. The combination with a window-casing and vertically -movable sash, of stationary hinge members adapted to engage the casing on one side, and swinging hinge members adapted to engage the upper and lower rails of the sash; one member of each set having a pivot-pin movably engaged in a slot in the other member; together with means for hold ing said members when in one position of the adjustment, against relative longitudinal movement.

In testimony whereof I a'HiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. GREENE.

l/Vitnesses:

JAS. B. ERwrN, N. Z. TANGr-mn. 

